Ion rarefaction waves in cylindrical and spherical geometries

P. D. Prewett; J. E. Allen

doi:10.1017/S0022377800007984

Abstract

A similarity technique is used to solve the problem of the ion rarefaction wave associated with a sheath growing at constant speed from a cylindrical or spherical probe into an infinite plasma.

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